The Article 78, filed Sept. 12 with the Albany County state Supreme Court by civil-rights law firm Roth and Roth, claims the county unlawfully withheld records related to a “shakedown” incident on Aug. 20, 2024, at Oneida County’s jail, where members of the Albany County Sheriff’s Office Correctional Emergency Response Team (CERT) allegedly inflicted severe beatings on eight incarcerated individuals.

On Sept. 16, Supervisor Peter Barber told his fellow board members that he felt it was important “to pull the Pine Bush out for special attention.”

The town-wide tax (its town and highway taxes together) would increase from about $1.38 per $1,000 of assessed value to $1.40 per $1,000, up 1.93 percent.

“As everybody is quite aware over the last few years,” Supervisor Douglas LaGrange said during the town board’s Sept. 10 meeting, the 40-year-old Swift Road Water District system has “had a tremendous amount of leaks.”

Developers are looking to build a total of 21 single-family homes.

“Did you hear anything about New Scotland getting money for broadband extension?” the town board was asked at its Sept. 10 meeting.

Also during its Sept. 10 meeting, the board was informed about a drive-thru restaurant looking to be built on land surrounding the proposed Western Avenue ATM.

On Sept. 2, Charlie Giglio told Altamont trustees that “I do a lot of driving. And I don’t know if it’s my imagination or not, but I think every road except Brandle Road has been repaved.”

The 2025-26 school year started with board members being apprised of the  implementation of the state’s mandated cell-phone ban policy, the district’s multi-million-dollar capital project, and the award of two grants.